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Posted: November 13, 2015

Dee Dee Deer and the Letter Dd

We had no problem coming up with words that start with D! Take a look at how many /d/ words there are in this Story Bots video alone! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7E-tnTiW_Y(link is external) The children are excited to learn words now too - so here is a video about a d-o-g, dog! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBYuSmqG6fw(link is external) Some children know the word Dad. We didn't listen to this song about My Dad, but you might enjoy it together. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9X6S-PPRso(link is external) We have a lot of dinosaur fans too! They might like to check out this video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0FOZ0-VpcU(link is external)

Posted: November 5, 2015

Lizzie Lizard and the Letter Ll

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_sjAOnowKM  We did Lizzie Lizard's Letter L this week. We found some lizard books to read and found out what lizards eat. Can your child tell you? We listened for the /l/ sound in these videos:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNFiZXByjpA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Gk9_7oYL2Q

Posted: November 5, 2015

Kayo Kangaroo and the Letter Kk

Posted November 5, 2015 We learned lots about kangaroos when we talked about the "k" sound! You can learn interesting facts from these cute videos: I'm a Kangaroo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Adbj16Dq4s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIlokXDuMWo Check out these videos of real kangaroos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qBgMmRMpOo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guBPx7HhaJk Our action for Kayo Kangaroo is a kick! Be careful not to kick anyone when you listen to the StoryBots sing their K song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyFJHdBDVfk World kindness day is coming up on November 13 so we will be singng this song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZukLiEsIv0E

Posted: October 29, 2015

Nigel Night Owl and the Letter Nn

Nigel Night Owl introduced us to the Letter "N n"  this week. Here is the link to the N Story Bot video:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZG0GQTskhE We can read the word "no"! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kotLRKkwZh4 We also discussed that owls are nocturnal animals - they hunt at night. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYKCklr2GvY

Posted: October 28, 2015

Counting 1,2,3

We are counting every day! Now we are learning to recognize and make our numbers too. These videos count and show the numbers:1http://www.sesamestreet.org/videos?video=d0727377-f6ce-4f42-a4b0-21a87f8...

Posted: October 28, 2015

Jerry Jellyfish and the Letter Jj

The Story Bots had lots of words that started with the /j/ sound! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bGQ-XlLk8MIn our class, we had 1 student whose name started with J - Jayla.  The Sesame Street crew have some names that star with J too:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKYMpRSvg2YWe  made Jack-o-lanterns too (some paper ones, paper bags ones, and we carved a real one)!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Mph3hygIFUWe practiced making the letter J - both the upper case that stands on the line and the lower case that looks like a fish hook hanging in the water.

Posted: October 26, 2015

Vincent Vampire and the Letter Vv

Halloween is a great time to learn about the letter V too! There was a cute vampire in our classroom.We read about bats and vampire bats. We found out they are not as scary as we thought! Can your child tell you how vampire bats get their food? We found lots of other words that start with /v/ too. Grover has lots in this video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQb6gTJD7zA Check out this V Video - a  volcano !http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAiLobOIUTw And we can't forget the Story Bots:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNnVgNuagWM 

Posted: October 22, 2015

Willy Weasel and the Letter Ww

We borrowed Mrs. Hendry's W Wand and it could not help pointing to things in the classroom that started with the /w/ sound! It went to  water bottles, windows, my watch, a walrus, white things and Willie Weasel! Wow!Our Zoophonics animal is Willie Weasel but since it is so close to Halloween we had to talk about Wanda Witch too! Check ou this video; did you notice the weasel? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDJ0a_g-weU The children laughed at the antics of the letter W with Kermit The Frog:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vN_0HDXCyNsThe Letter W was tricky getting away from the Detective. How did he get away?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0iLTufp_bk 

Posted: October 22, 2015

Inny Inchworm and the Letter Ii

We are learning about the hard-working letter I! It makes 2 sounds - /i/ like in "Inny Inchworm" and /i/ like in "ice cream". I is also a word - we have been writing it and have it on our word wall now.You may enjoy watching these Ii clips with your child. How many /i/ sounding words can they remember? They may show you how smart they are by saying words with the /i/ sound in the middle. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phqQO-istAIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch...

Posted: October 22, 2015

More, Fewer and The Same

The kindergarten students have been comparing amounts (dogs/balls; jack-o-lanterns/candles...) and using the terms more, fewer and the same amount. Check out this link with your child to have some fun with the terms at home:http://www.ixl.com/math/kindergarten/fewer-and-more-comparing-groups  

Posted: October 15, 2015

Gordo Gorilla and the Letter Gg

Gordo Gorilla was hiding in the fancy G g bag! Ask your child what else was in there. Did they remember theglasses? the Groovy girl and the gold necklace? the garbage can? the ghost with a guitar wearing glasses? Good for them!Check out the gorilla song that taught us interesting gorilla facts:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3QkwLkkgUYWe are learning the word go tomorrow and watched this video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PaKQ9dVk1UDon't feed them too many Gummy Bears or you may need to do this dance to wear it off!:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hn61z3FlMQWe listened to The 3 Billy Goats Gruff and a few stories with a ghost - Halloween is coming!

Posted: October 1, 2015

Allie Alligator and the letter Aa!

Allie Alligator came to visit and fill us in about the letter A. Today we learned how to make an upper case A and a lower case a. Check out this link for the song that helps us with Allie's sound: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tif2a8vXeAA  We liked the Story Bots "Horray for A" song too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3guwWkqlaGc  We are learning about apples so we are ready for our field trip on Tuesday. You may enjoy singing this cute apple song together:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKmFHRrkFuQ

Posted: September 30, 2015

Bubba Bear and the letter Bb!

What a lot of words begin with the letter B b!  We heard lots when we read about bears, blew bubbles and chewed bubblegum (don't tell Mr. Henderson!) The Dixie Chicks think there is no better letter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPRgPrZCLms You may want to Boogie with the Story Bots: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hGFJW3LZ98 Lots of B words in the B b Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdfUMGlyg-c We also made some beautiful bumblebees!

Posted: September 25, 2015

Peewee Penguin and the letter Pp!

We turned the letter P into Peewee Penguin today! Peewee Penguin had a mystery P bag in our room! We found lots of P things in it - pennies, a purse, Peter Pan, Pooh Bear, pink paper, a pencil, a pen, a pine cone, and popcorn.  Our lips were popping all day! If you want that popping feeling say the /p/ words in this video:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rl_D_N1Tsic Here is a fun penguin action song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=He5Xu11HBkM&list=RDHe5Xu11HBkM

Posted: September 23, 2015

Francy Fish and the letter Ff

We had a great week learning about the letter Ff. The Zoophonics animal to go along with the letter is Francy Fish. We found lots of words that begin with the letter Ff. Some are body parts: feet, fingers, fist. We read lots of stories about animals that begin with the letter f (frogs, fish, foxes). Listen to the Storybots and see what /f/ words they found:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8e_Oh314Ds  Sesame Street has a funny Letter f video too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-mEmCuU95c Remember to keep practice printing the letter too!         

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